Joseph Myers & Mary Ann Sefrit

Joseph Myers was the son of Elias Myers and Dorvitha Fulbright , was born March 20,1802 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married Mary Ann Sefrit February 07, 1826 in Daviess County, Indiana. He died May 22, 1881 in Bogard Township, Daviess County, Indiana. Mary Ann Sefrit was the daughter of George Sefrit and Christeena Strickles , was born August 16, 1806 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. She died October 21, 1890 in Daviess County, Indiana.

Children of Joseph Myers and Mary Ann Sefrit

1. Christina Myers, b. October 23, 1829	Thomas Browing & Christina Myers
2. George W. Myers, b. March 01, 1846	George W. Myers & Clarissa Hackler
3. William Myers, b. March 13, 1833	William Myers & Catherine Ann Reynolds OR William Myers & Hannah
4. Joseph Marion Myers, b. June 22, 1842	Joseph Marion Myers & Nancy Lee Adkins
5. Elias Myers, b. December 08, 1827	Elias Myers & Dica Wesner OR Elias Myers & Mary Humphries OR Elias Myers & Sarah Rice
6. Elizabeth Myers, b. April 17, 1838	Asa B. Bugher & Elizabeth Myers

Joseph Myers

Name - Joseph Myers
Birth - March 20, 1802 Lincoln County, North Carolina
Death - May 22, 1881 Bogard Township, Daviess County, Indiana
Burial - Talbot Chapel Church Cemetery, Bogard Township, Daviess County, Indiana

Notes from William Hinds:

Joseph was the fifth of eight children born in North Carolina to Elias
and Dolly (Fulbright) Myers. As a child he moved west with his family to
Indiana, as did his future bride, Mary Ann "Polly" Sefret.
After marriage, Joseph and his bride settled on a farm near what is
now known as Talbott's Chapel Cemetery. It is stated in one Daviess
County history that Joseph built the first house (log) in Bogard
township, outside of the Dutch settlement, but some Myers family
historians believe this to be not completely true. It would have been
one of the very early houses, but was perhaps not the first. In the
1807-1877 Land Entries book, it lists him as having purchased the west
half of the southeast quarter of section 15, township 4 north, range 6
west on 4-Sep-1830. This 80 acre tract is located southeast of Epsom.
Tradition has it that the log house was located on the north end of that
tract, not too far east of the present street that runs north and south
through Epsom and almost even, east and west, with the old brick school
that stood on the hill south of Epsom until recent years. On December
28, 1836 he purchased the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of
section 15, township 4 north, range 6 west (40 acres), which would have
been the land where part of the town of Epsom was built. (Abraham Snyder
is listed as having purchased the 40 acres lying between the above two
tracts purchased by Joseph).
Joseph was a farmer, a very pious and upright man. Like many early
settlers of Indiana, he lived the rough, rugged life of the pioneer, but
provided as many of life's comforts as he could to his wife and family.

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Mary Ann Sefrit

Name - Mary Ann Sefrit
Birth - August 16, 1806 Lincoln County, North Carolina
Death - October 21, 1890 Daviess County, Indiana
Burial - Talbot Chapel Church Cemetery, Bogard Township, Daviess County, Indiana

Notes from William Hinds:

Tradition has it that "Polly," as she was known, lived the rough life of
all early pioneers. Upon several occasions she, alone with her small
children, had a very narrow escape. Once she heard a wild animal trying
to get down the fireplace chimney. Being afraid to leave the security of
the house with her babies, she threw the flax she had raised to weave
into linen onto the fire and thus drove the wild animal away with smoke.
Another time an Indian appeared at her window holding an Indian baby and
saying, "My papoosie, your papoosie," meaning he wanted her to take his
baby and raise it, but she declined.

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